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Charitable   /tʃˈærətəbəl/  /tʃˈɛrətəbəl/   Listen
Charitable

adjective
1.
Relating to or characterized by charity.
2.
Full of love and generosity.  "A charitable trust"
3.
Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity.  Synonyms: benevolent, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted, sympathetic.  "Kindly criticism" , "A kindly act" , "Sympathetic words" , "A large-hearted mentor"



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"Charitable" Quotes from Famous Books



... murky light from the cloud that made the common people think that the end of the world was come. When the ship struck, the fisher-people ran out of the town to the shore nearest her, and this boy would have run out with them and been among the foremost but that a very pious and charitable lady of the place had besought him to take her with him. There was a great rain and wind, and it was with difficulty that he led the lady out and helped her down to the shore. By that time the wreck had been dashed to pieces, and the fishermen were bringing in the dead ...
— A Dozen Ways Of Love • Lily Dougall

... is called a life-interest in my husband's fortune," she said. "The money is to be divided, at my death, among charitable institutions; ...
— Stories by English Authors: England • Various

... Every autumn is rich in musical festivals, as they are called, by which, though the temples of God are desecrated, and the church, in common with the theatre and the concert-room, becomes the scene of gaiety, frivolity, and amusement; and though the speculation is a charitable one, by which it is hoped that the funds of the benevolent institutions of the town or county may be increased, a considerable loss is nevertheless often incurred, which falls upon the committee, or upon the borough or county members, according to the equity of the case. ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Vol. 54, No. 333, July 1843 • Various

... the fox said: "Now my heart is heavy, for death stands in all his horror before me, and I cannot escape. My dread Lord the King, and you my sovereign Lady the Queen, and you my lords that stand to behold me die, I beseech you grant me this charitable boon, that I may unlock my heart before you, and clear my soul of her burdens, so that hereafter no man may be blamed for me; which done, my ...
— The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg - Second Edition • Unknown

... tattooed before he was washed; he was painted before he was clothed; he built temples before he built a home; he sacrificed to his gods before he helped his neighbor; he was heroic before he was self-denying; he was devout before he was charitable. We are losing the savage virtues and vanities and growing in the grace of all the humanities, and this process will doubtless go on, with many interruptions and setbacks of course, till the kingdom of love is at last ...
— Time and Change • John Burroughs


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